Drenching-bit.



No, 874,289. PATENTED DEC. 17, 1907.

G. W. RATLIFP. DRENGHING BIT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1907.

WITNESSES '[NV'ENTOR Mhm -7 Aflomeyl tube 9 is mounted. tube connects with a reservoir 10 which con UNITED STATES PATENT ornrca.

GEORGE W. RATLIFF, OF KYANA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH W. HAAS, OF SCHNELLVILLE, INDIANA.

DRE NOHING-B IT.

'Toall whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. RATLIFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kyana, in the county of Dubois and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drenching-Bits, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is aXlrenching-bit, and has for its object a device. of this kind which can be readily applied to-the animal, and also one which is simple in construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation showingthe application of the invention. Fig. 2' is a plan View of the device removed.

.lteferring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a air of spaced bars on one end of which are loops 6. The opposite end of the bars are connected by a cross-bar 7, and extending between and connected to. the bars 5 is a bit-bar 8. At or about the middle ofthe bars 7 and 8 are openings in which a Outside the bar 7 the tains the medicine to be administered. A valve 11 is provided for shutting off the supply.

()n the bars 5, adjacentthe bit-bar 8,'are upstanding loops 12 to which a bail 13 .is attached having an eye 14 for attachment of a cord 15 by means of which the animals head will be elevated. ()n the bars 5 adjacent the bit-bar are also depending loops 16 to which a chin-stra'p 17 having a buckle 18 is connected. A head-strap 19 having a buckle 21) is connected to the loops 6.

In use, the bitbar with the tube is placed in the animals mouth, the bars 5 being on the outside, and the bail 13 extending loosely over the nose The strap 19 is passed, over the head and secured by its buckle, and the strap 17 is passed under the chin and also made ast by itsbuckle. The

Specification of Letters Iatent. Application filed June 27, 1907. Serial No. 381.037.

Patented Dec. 1 7, 1907.

cord 15 will be passed through a ring or pulley overhead. The animals head will be elevated by pulling on the cord and it is held up by fastening the cord. The valve 11 is now opened whereupon the contents of the reservoir flow through the tube 9 into After the required the animals mouth. quantity has been administered, the valve is closed and the device is remove l froin the animal. "lo prevent injury to the month, the tube 9 is fitted with a rubber tip 21.

By the device herein described medicines canbe safely and easily administered without waste. In the drawings the bit and its frame are shown constructed of twisted wire but any othersuitable material may be employed in the manufacture of the device.

1. A drenching-bit comprising side-bars having attaching means and connected at one end by a cross-bar, a bit-bar extending between and connected to the side-bars, a reservoir, a tube carried by the crossbar and the bit-bar and connected to the reservoir, loops on the side-bars adjacent to the bitbar, and a bail connected to said loops.

2. A drenching -bit con'iprising side-bars connected at one end by a cross-bar and having loops at the o mositeend, a strap con 'nected to the loops, at bit-bar extending between and connected to the side-bars, top and bottom loops on the side bars adjacent the bit-bar, a bail connected to the top loops, a strap connected to the bottom loops, a reservoir, and a tube carried'by the bit-bar and the cross-bar and connected to the reservoir.

Intestimony whereof I all ix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

V I GEORGE W. RATLIFF.

Witnesses I. M. DUGAN,

E1). WORMAN. 

